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Balls of Ice Guitar Tablature
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                                  BALLS OF ICE
                        As recorded by 3 Inches Of Blood
               (From the 2001 Album BATTLECRY UNDER A WINTER SUN)

Words and Music by 3 Inches Of Blood
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=176
    D5                                            C5
   4/4
    Gtr I
      PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM
    E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|


  C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  D5
  Gtrs I, II
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  1.
  Bb5                       C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


  2.
  Bb5        C5   A5 C5
  W          H    Q  Q
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|-3--------|-5----2--5--|
|-1--------|-3----0--3--|
|----------|------------|


   Chorus
    D5    C5D5
    Gtr I
                        PM|
    Q     E q     E   E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|


                            Bb5        C5   A5 C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
|   PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||


   Verse
    D5                        F5 D5  F5  E5 F5
      PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
    E S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q   E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q   E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-7---10--9--10-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|


  D5                          F5 E5  F5  D5
  +H.                 Q        E E E  q  q  E  4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|-(8)-----------------------|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|  E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q  E  4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-9---10--7--7--||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||


    D5                                   Bb5              C5
    +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    E E E Q  E E E   +E   E E S S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||------7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|---------------------|
||o-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)-----------------|
|
|    W                 +W                W                 W
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8------------------|


  D5                                   Bb5              C5
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    E E E Q  E E E   +E   E E S S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|----------------------||
|-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)------------------||
|
|  W                 +W                W                 W
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8-------------------||


   Chorus
    D5    C5D5
    Q     E q     Q.
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--7-----5-7----------------|
||o-5-----3-5----------------|
||---------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|     PM|   PM|   PM-|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S  S E S S
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||---------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------------------------|


                            Bb5        C5   A5 C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
|   PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||


 Interlude
  D5
  >
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


  Wx12
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


 Guitar "Solo"
  D5
    PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|     PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S  E  S S E S S   E S S E S S  E  S S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E   E E   +H              E E   E E   +H
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---7---5-------------------|---7---5-------------------|
|-5-------8---(8)-----------|-5-------7---(7)-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


  C5
    PM|    PM|      PM|   PM|     PM|    PM|      PM|   PM|
  E S S E  S S   E  S S E S S   E S S E  S S   E  S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E   E  E    +H              E E   E  E    +H
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---7-----10---(10)-----------|---7---9-12---(12)-----------|
|-5-----5---------------------|-5---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    D5
      PM|   PM|   PM-|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM-|   PM|
    E S S E S S E S  S E S S   E S S E S S E S  S E S S
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   E E   E E   E Q.           E E   E E   E Q.
||--8-6---5------------------|-8-6---5------------------|
||o---------8---6-5----------|---------8---6-5----------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------|--------------------------|


  1.,2.
  C5
    PM|   PM|   PM-|   PM|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S  S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S  3x
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E   E E   E Q.           E E   E E   E E   E E    3x
|-8-6---5------------------|--------------------------||
|---------8---6-5----------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-7-0---5-0---7-0---5-0----||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||


  3.
  Bb5              C5      A5  C5
  W                H       Q   Q
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-3--------------|-5-------2---5---|
|-1--------------|-3-------0---3---|
|----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E Q.     E E E E E E E E
|-8-6-5----------|-----------------|
|-------8-6-5----|-----------------|
|----------------|-7-0-5-0-7-0-5-0-|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|


   Chorus
    D5    C5D5
                        PM|
    Q     E q     E   E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|


                            Bb5        C5   A5 C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
|   PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||


   Verse
    D5                        F5 D5  F5  E5 F5
      PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
    E S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q   E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|
|
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q   E
||--------------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-7---10--9--10-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-5----8--7---8-|
||--------------------------|------------------|


  D5                          F5 E5  F5  D5
  +H.                 Q        E E E  q  q  E  4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|-(8)-----------------------|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|  E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E E E  q  q  E  4x
|---------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------||
|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-9---10--7--7--||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8-7----8--5--5-o||
|---------------------------|------------------||


   Break
    D5                                   Bb5              C5
    +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    E E E Q  E E E   +E   E E S S E E Q
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||------7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|---------------------|
||o-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)-----------------|
|
|    W                 +W                W                 W
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
||---7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8------------------|


  D5                                   Bb5              C5
  +E  E E Q  E E E   +E  E E Q  E Q    E E E Q  E E E   +E   E E S S E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-----7-8----7-8---|-----7-8----7-8--|-----7------7---|----------------------||
|-(5)-----5------5-|-(5)-----5-------|---8------8-----|-----10-8-0h7-8-7-5--o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6-----6------8-|-(8)------------------||
|
|  W                 +W                W                 W
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--7---------------|-(7)-------------|----------------|----------------------||
|--5---------------|-(5)-------------|-8--------------|-10------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-6--------------|--8-------------------||


   Chorus
    D5    C5D5        D5
                        PM|
    Q     E q     E   E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-----5-7---------7-7-7-|
||o-5-----3-5---------5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
|
|     PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
|   E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|


                            Bb5        C5   A5 C5
    PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|
|   PM|   PM|   PM|   PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S   W          H    Q  Q   4x
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-------------------------|----------|------------o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--------|-5----2--5---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--------|-3----0--3--o||
|-------------------------|----------|-------------||


 Outro
  D5 C5D5
       >
  Q  E H    +E    +W           +W
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|-7--5-7----(7)-|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-5--3-5----(5)-|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths